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ICEYE-X71
Commercial X-band SAR Imaging · ICEYE (Finland)
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ICEYE-X71, one of the Finnish company's commercial synthetic aperture radar satellites — spacecraft that fire their own microwave pulses at Earth and read the echo, producing usable imagery regardless of cloud cover, smoke, or total darkness. This satellite is contributing dwell-mode imaging capability, staring at a fixed target for up to 25 seconds to sharpen resolution and reduce speckle noise for detailed structural monitoring. ICEYE has grown from a single 100 kg proof-of-concept in 2018 into the world's largest commercial SAR operator, raising over €1 billion at a €10 billion valuation along the way.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 354–357 mi (570–574 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.0 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 68494
- Int’l designator
- 2026-067CG
- Launched
- 2026
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.